Super Mario Star Found in Nature!

1. Max Power
   December 4th, 2008 at 1:52 am

   Good. Now Kirby.

2. Alex
   December 4th, 2008 at 1:58 am

   I think Kirby was found a long time ago.

3. sw
   December 4th, 2008 at 9:52 am

   the look like they were made of play dough by kindergarteners with cookie cutters

4. Brad
   December 4th, 2008 at 10:54 am

   Do we get invincibility for a short period of time if we eat it?

5. Sid Morrison
   December 4th, 2008 at 11:26 am

   The neologism “sea star” for what had been formerly called a starfish irks me. Yeah, we know it really isn’t a fish. Duh. Is it really necessary to create a new name to make this clear to us supposed undereducated masses?

   My wife and I visited the Monterey Aquarium a few years ago and had fun watching the docents spend LOTS of time patronizingly correct ever little kid who said “Look at the starfish!” or “What pretty jellyfish!”. (Jellyfish are *sea jellies* now).

   I asked the docent why she was repeatedly being such a douche (OK, I was nicer than that) to all the little kids, and she exclaimed “well, they aren’t really fish, you know!” at which point I retorted that they weren’t really stars either. I also alerted her that seahorses weren’t really horses either, so she better come up with a new name for those as well.

   The funny thing was she didn’t seem to be able to answer too many technical questions about the animals themselves… Her job training seemed to have been concentrated at correcting anyone who didn’t use the new P.C. terminology. She wasn’t the only docent there doing this, either; I heard others, but didn’t bother harassing them as it started to get more busy.

6. liphttam1
   December 4th, 2008 at 3:06 pm

   Last time I checked stars in Mario arn’t all wrinkly.

7. Ali S.
   December 4th, 2008 at 3:24 pm

   Cool! However, nothing beats the Sun Starfish.

8. ted
   December 4th, 2008 at 7:19 pm

   Looks like something Jeffrey Dahmer made in art class.

9. Rocky Rook
   December 4th, 2008 at 9:28 pm

   They look like unbaked soggy cookies.

10. mrmuggles
    December 4th, 2008 at 10:07 pm

    @Rocky Rook : I thought the same thing! or fried cookies or something. Doesn’t look like a normal animal nor normal food.

11. raina_c
    December 5th, 2008 at 12:07 am

    Poor starfish…they hid for so long and now we discovered them…soon they will be extinct or in an asian market ground up as the next aphrodisiac.

12. Evilbeagle
    December 5th, 2008 at 12:11 pm

    They look like meat that you throw in the microwave to defrost for just a touch too long. Strange.

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